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    Give a detailed mechanism for the reaction of o-fluorobenzophenone (Ar-C-(=O)-Ar-F)....Ar=benzene ring with amide ion (NH2/NH3) to yield H2N-C(=O)-Ar + Ar-F

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    1- Give a detailed mechanism for the reaction of o-fluorobenzophenone (Ar-C-(=O)-Ar-F)....Ar=benzene ring... with amide ion (NH2/NH3) to yield H2N-(C=O)-Ar + Ar-F

    NH2- is a very good nucleophile. And it can easily attack to (C=O) bond where Carbon has partially positive charge (i.e. Oxygen ...

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    It explains the mechanism for the reaction of o-fluorobenzophenone with amide ion.

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